LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 233, 4 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We iteinind bur readers that the next outward Euglish Mail via San Francisco will close at Palmerston on Friday the 7th instant at 7 45. p.m. One of the flourishing iudustries of Germany is the manufacture of needles and pins. The eight manufactories of Isorlohm alone consumed m 1882 no less than 600 tons of wire, nnd produced 2,500,000.000 of needles and pins, employing 800 male and 700 female and juvenile workpeople, besides seven steamengines and four water-wheels of 330»horse power. A Wellington correspondent writing on the questiou of the difficulty experienced m successfully launching local industries remarks ;-— " The lethargic element is not confined to your own district, we can assure you" trom experience* Ingrained, hereditary, and we fear ineradicable-. Itisjan disease, at least during the existence of ithe present gen eration,in the Wellington district* I The case against VS illiam Goodisonifor aleged larceny as a bailee has been further investigated, and dismissed. j Speaking of agricultural affairs m Victoria the Leader ; says ; — Reports of 'the progress of the grain craps continue of a highly 'favourable character. Fanners are- indulging m- the, at present, wellgrounded hope that the forthcoming harvest will compensate for the 1 09993 sustained m the last and previous ones. ■Should the present promise be fulfilled, the quantity of wheat harvested, fromjincrease of prop and . -also of acreage, will greatly exceed that of any former year. Many of the too forward crops Have iiad to be, eaten down ; m some cases it lias been found necessary to employ catle for the purpose where the flag had. become too large for the sheep. ' The water bicycle, which is an Ame i« can invention 1 , has been ' attracting ago od deal of attention m .London. TneYe : are two pontoon's, 18ft m length and din square, placed m a parallel manner atj a distance of 2ft or 3ft apart, and about the centre there is an arrangement similar jto a road bicycle — trendies, a seat, and handles for steerage. The handles are turned by the bicyclist and are attached to a' pro* peller connected by a universal- joint, which; acts as rudder and propeller. There is no difficulty jwhateyer ;in^turning'->the ' machine ;it appears to be perfectly sarje, and can be propelled at! the rate of six miles an hour. — Oourt Journal: ! Notwithstanding the fact that the session is expected to terminate m the. course .of &4 ew dayfl, no fewer than seven new Bills were introduced into, the House of Representatives on one day last week. Evidence m favor of consanguineous ; marriages 'will scarcely be sought for m Italy. . That country now has, according to the Italian Times, no fewer than 45,286 deaf mutes treated. (in 44 hospitals and various public institutions, and medical men regard the burden thus cast upon the country as .arising almost wholly from improper unions. V. . , . ' • A Guernsey correspondent writing, to an English paper, 1 states :— "'Her' Majes-., ty's. prison m this ! Island is at present ! empty, the' dfaly ifwb' prisoners haying been discharged this morning. ' 'THis ia [a very gratifying condition of affairs, arid speaks well for the absence of crime among a population of ov«r 32,000 . A. similar circumstance has not occurred during the 27 years thot the praseiit governor of the prison has held office." j "CharTes Dickens told an American story of a. young lady whdj being intensely] loved ;by five young men, was advised to ", jump ( overboard, and marry the man who , jumped; m after <her." < Accordingly;, next morning, the five lovers being on deck, and. looking very devotedly at the lady, Bhe plunged into the sea/, head foremost. Jfaur of. the lovers immediately" jumped m af tsar her. When the young lady and the four lovers were out .again, she says, to the ;eaptain, f What :am X-i tp do with theni jnow, i they are so wet'f "Take the dry one." And the young .lady did, and married him without any further consideration. r \ .:• -Miarlbo rough Honse' wascrowded withbnyers on Safearday tho ; opening day of ' the sale! „ Oastomera Expressed surprised the wonder* fal bargains offered by Bentley Bros., and large sales were the brder^ of the day, 'In4 tending purchasers are reminded of the fact that the sale will last for one month only,' and ifc<wonld be Well to j>af l 4n early visit to this the most gednine of sales. As a guide for the public we have erected.a Jarge sign,: with the word sale m white "lexers' on a red' iprouhd. Bentley Bros., The Square, next 1 to^Stewart andC6.v City Batchery.--|.ADyT.J;

jWe learn with deep regret " that Mr E. M^rah is rapidly sinking to*day, and his recovery is now considered hopeless; His , almost heavt»broken fwife has watch ed*t' her husband's bedside almost night and day for weeks past, m seeking to give- her husband every comfort,; attention, and 1 . relief m his dying hoars, and she herself is almost prostrate m conseqnence. Poor M] Marsh is quite helpless, and the viital spark appeaTß to flicker feebly as if .joust, pripr to dissolution.- The BevvMr Worker of Sandon, was telegraphed to to-day requesting him to attend, and .administer the! consolation of reiigionri;©' the spirit" about to take its flight. We almost fear that before these words ate read by our teaders Mr Marsh mayhave passed away. ibi" entertainment is elsewhere announced to take place at the Foresters' Hal| on Thursday next, m aid of St. Petir's Sunday School, Terrace End. The following members have, been dismissed from -the'Wblunteer force ; — No. 9, Private William MoKeever, "for grossly insulting conduct towards his superior officer, Captain Lambert William Loveday, commanding the corps, and for having from time to time exhibited m the "window^oijbis Dlace.of^Jbiusiness-oertain caricatures^ d placards of a nature tending to bring bis superior officer into public contempt and ridicule ;" and No. 47, Private John Patrick Short, "for conviction byjcivil authorities for embezzlement, for which he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.',' . ; . . . > Madame Elize, the fashion editress of the' Mew % 'Mail, has evented tv patent double- barrelled petticoat, on thedivided skirt principle, which has caused a, furore among the ladies of " Wellington. This! Madame Blize promises to rival Worth, of Parisian celebrity as an inventor ofwonderful and mysterious female OOBtumeS. ; -;(U. i- ,■■'<..-■ ' :•■■ •■•- The: ;n ex t sitting of the Palmerston R.M. Court will be jpn Thursday. • The t itext, meeting of the Borough Ooun^ cil wilt bid to-morrow evening.